Yeah, so I got into a big to-do with my husband's stepfather, who unexpectedly flipped out because I was talking about my favorite show, The Walking Dead, to my Mother in law. He doesn't want such satanic, occult talk in his home. I've never had any problems before with him, so this took me completely by surprise, and hurt me more than it normally would have. Apparently, I worship zombies because it's all I talk about, and I need to seek clean, wholesome entertainment because he's worried about my soul.

In actuality, he's confusing what's God's will and what he doesn't like or understand, but it's a convenient excuse to be an asshole. Anyone have problems like this?

(21-02-2016 11:03 PM)Maeve Wrote: Yeah, so I got into a big to-do with my husband's stepfather, who unexpectedly flipped out because I was talking about my favorite show, The Walking Dead, to my Mother in law. He doesn't want such satanic, occult talk in his home. I've never had any problems before with him, so this took me completely by surprise, and hurt me more than it normally would have. Apparently, I worship zombies because it's all I talk about, and I need to seek clean, wholesome entertainment because he's worried about my soul.

In actuality, he's confusing what's God's will and what he doesn't like or understand, but it's a convenient excuse to be an asshole. Anyone have problems like this?

Well, kind of.

Have been having interesting chats with a work colleague which drifted into religion.

When they started talking about 'Souls'.. I simply began asking them what the properties of said 'souls' were. As in... when are they made (Obviously they'd 'made' by god) to which they answered back in the 'beginning' of time.

Then I asked where they 'go' after death. To which they replied "Off to heaven, of course."

To which I pointed out that.. since they've been hanging around generally for about 13 odd billion years before they get their short, brief 60 odd years at life... isn't that a bit of a waste. So.. since they'd been in heaven for so long... and then they get plopped into reality.. only to effectively go back to heaven....

Yah, they kind of said thanks, they had lots to think about and then the subject changed.

Once they began actually thinking about something which they'd kind of obviously been taking for ranted until l this time was interesting to watch.

(21-02-2016 11:03 PM)Maeve Wrote: Yeah, so I got into a big to-do with my husband's stepfather, who unexpectedly flipped out because I was talking about my favorite show, The Walking Dead, to my Mother in law. He doesn't want such satanic, occult talk in his home. I've never had any problems before with him, so this took me completely by surprise, and hurt me more than it normally would have. Apparently, I worship zombies because it's all I talk about, and I need to seek clean, wholesome entertainment because he's worried about my soul.

In actuality, he's confusing what's God's will and what he doesn't like or understand, but it's a convenient excuse to be an asshole. Anyone have problems like this?

Wasn't the book of Matthew the first edition of the Walking Dead? Seeing as how it talks about the graves opening up and the dead walking around and all....

"If we are honest—and scientists have to be—we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality.
The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination."
- Paul Dirac

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I'm sure he's really going to hate WD now. They just had a character named Jesus on it last night and yes, he looks like Jesus and can perform "miraculous" escapes, hence the nickname.

I had to deal with a lot of shit from pastors and religious people about my yoga practice. I heard it all--it's of the occult, you are opening yourself up to the devil, it's un-christian, you are worshiping idols, yadda yadda yadda. At the end of the day, you just have to feel sorry for people like that, they are missing out on so much life has to offer.